Ikea subway apartments

Here's an ambient ad from Paris for Ikea:

Tiny apartments were built in a Paris metro station with actual volunteers sleeping, eating, and living in these Ikea-furnished spaces as commuters watched.

Absolut Purity

Here is a bus shelter in Paris for Absolut:

Using no ink or paint, this poster was created with intricate papercraft created by Simon Schubert.  This video shows Schubert's craft as well as the other artists who participated in Absolut Purity.

ABSOLUT PURITY a vision by Simon Schubert - Making of.mov from ABSOLUT on Vimeo.

Shivers guaranteed

Here is an ambient poster for horror TV channel 13th Street in Paris:

A graff generator was placed inside a billboard, so when people touched the contact point their hair stood up on end.   For the first poster, the generator switches on when a ghost image appears on the screen. 

The second poster looks like a door that opens up to a dead body. 

Orange power

Here is a billboard in France for Tropicana that uses about 2,500 oranges for "Energie Naturelle:"

Using copper, zinc spikes and a lot of oranges, they were able to create a multi-cell battery strong enough to light up this neon sign in Paris' Place des Abbesses.

That's one talented penis

Here's the new commercial "Clever Dick" from Paris for the AIDES Foundation:

It is from France so it is a little risque for American standards, but not as overtly pornographic as the Smutley commercial.

I like how this commercial's emphasizes condom use with the tag "Clever Dicks Use Condoms" and shows an actual condom about to be used, whereas the Smutley commercial just skirts around that issue.  I like the use of Black Keys' "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance with You" as the background music.

The story is far-fetched but really interesting and comical.  Even though the French guy's scrawny pale butt is slightly disturbing, this PSA uses humor effectively. 

Un cube noir

The beginning The Escape Machine video created for Voyages-snfc.com is so Kubrick's 2001.  People huddled around a black monolith that mysteriously appears in Paris.  Three "lucky" people nervously walk up to push the red button.

A creepy HAL-like voice asks, "If you could leave now, where would you go?"

Appuyez sur le bouton.

Surprise!  Three people win billets to their destination of choice.

I love the French in how they make everything so exaggeratedly large.  Think: big-hands in Michel Gondry's The Science of Sleep.  I love the big lips that gives the lady a congratulatory kiss.